centripetal

Definition of Centripetal in English :

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Adjective

1. centripetal

tending to move toward a center

Example Sentences:
'centripetal force'

2. centripetal, unifying

tending to unify

unifying

3. centripetal, receptive, sensory

of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system

Example Sentences:
'sensory neurons'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Centripetal

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adjective

1.

acting, moving, or tending to move towards a centre

Compare centrifugal

2.

of, concerned with, or operated by centripetal force

3. botany

(esp of certain inflorescences) developing from the outside towards the centre

4. physiology another word for afferent

Centripetal

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adjective

1.

moving or tending to move toward a center

2.

using or acted on by centripetal force

3. Botany

developing inward toward the center, as certain flower clusters

4. Physiology

conveying toward a center; afferent

Centripetal

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adj.

1. Moving or directed toward a center or axis.

2. Operated by means of centripetal force.

3. Physiology Transmitting nerve impulses toward the central nervous system; afferent.

4. Botany Developing or progressing inward toward the center or axis, as in the head of a sunflower, in which the oldest flowers are near the edge and the youngest flowers are in the center.

5. Tending or directed toward centralization: the centripetal effects of a homogeneous population.

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